PROTON and Huawei Contest As Reward to Customers and a cCelebration of Chinese New Year - “Together. Light Up the Moments”.

Sometime last week Proton and Huawei together launched a contest with the intention to reward their customers for their support and in celebration with this year's Chinese New Year. The theme of this contest is called, “Together. Light Up the Moments”. You folks will have a chance to win a Proton Iriz 1.6L Premium as well as Huawei products. 

The contest period will be from 11 February 2021 to 30 April 2021 and in order for you to participate, place a booking for selected Proton models (vehicle must be registered by 31 May 2021), or purchase a Huawei branded device. So, you could buy a new Proton and get a chance to win a Proton, or a Huawei device, or buy Huawei device and win a Proton. Of course, this is like a lucky draw, so you stand as much chance as the person who booked a Proton or bought a Huawei during the contest period.

Video: We Present the 2017 Proton Iriz 1.6 Premium CVT Test Review

Hello folks. Here is our latest video. This time it is on the enhanced Proton Iriz 1.6 Premium CVT. Shot on location in and around Lumut, Sri Manjung, Sitiawan and Teluk Anson (actually Teluk Intan), Perak...and also in Shah Alam. 

PROTON IRIZ AWARDED THE BUDGET CAR OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE 2016 ASEAN CAR OF THE YEAR

I have been taking my sweet time in perusing through news bits during the end of 2016. It's now 2017 and I have finally managed to get into gear. Slightly. Here we have news that the Proton Iriz has been named the Budget Car of the Year at the 2016 ASEAN CAR OF THE YEAR awards (organised by the Malaysia Automotive Institute). Congratulations, PROTON.

Industry news: All-New Proton Persona receives ASEAN NCAP 5-Star Rating for all variants

The all-new Proton Persona has been given a 5-Star ASEAN NCAP rating. In a gesture of confidence in Proton, ASEAN NCAP has stated that since the Persona is the sedan version of Iriz, with comparable occupant protection to the Iriz, they are extending the rating of Proton Iriz to the Persona. High confidence in the car indeed. 

PROTON CARS TO BE GIVEN AS REWARD FOR MALAYSIAN 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES MEDAL WINNERS

The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with thousands of athletes from more than 200 countries participating at a time. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart. Now if anyone wins a medal any event in the Olympics, it is a big deal. A very big deal and DRB-HICOM and its automotive subsidiary, PROTON has decided to present their cars as appreciation to medal winners at this year's Summer Olympics currently held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Proton Suprima Crossover Concept displayed at My Auto Fest 2016, the Proton Perdana teased and other deals

Proton has displayed something new at the My Auto Fest 2016 auto show at Mines International Exhibition and Convention Center. It is a Proton Suprima Active crossover concept car. Like the Proton Iriz Crossover concept before this (also displayed), the Suprima Crossover gets slightly taller profile tyres and a slightly raised ride height (it looks taller from the front and rear instead of from the side). There are also roof rails and more plastic cladding front, side and rear. 

What handles decently well and is under RM50,000? The Proton Iriz these days.

I was at the Giant Mall in Kelana Jaya and the Proton dealership there is offering the Proton Iriz with a discount of up to RM9,268 (T&C applies obviously). This has to be the fully loaded 1.6 CVT Automatic or the 1.6 Manual. I checked the online adverts for the car and yes, you can get a full monty Iriz for under RM50,000. Compare this with the retail price of RM61,691.31 / Solid CVT or RM58,815.04 / Solid Manual. 

Now the 1.6 Iriz is the ONLY Iriz worth to buy simply because of the performance it gives you. It's engine works better with the CVT and the extra power helps make it so much better to drive. The wider tyres also help the car alot. I have driven both the 1.3 and the 1.6, so I can safely say that until the 1.3 turbo version that supposedly will come with an upgraded manual gear shift, this 1.6 is the one to get. Manual or Automatic. The link to the Iriz 1.6 CVT is here and in there is a link to the Iriz 1.3 Manual.

Test Drive: The Proton Iriz 1.6 Premium CVT - Better specs and an automatic make it a better Iriz to drive

Let's cut straight to the chase. The Proton Iriz 1.6 CVT Premium is a much better car to drive than the Proton Iriz 1.3 manual I tried earliet. Some of you may be wondering how can a CVT automatic be better to drive than a manual transmission? The actual answer is the car with the better overall package wins.

New Proton Compact Car - AKA the Proton Iriz - Our initial opinion.

Proton has previewed its all-new Compact Car on its own microsite called http://www.betulbetulonz.com.my/. 

BUT to view the car Proton expects us to catch a glimpse of the car by asking us to scan the QR Code on the website and get 3 other friends to do so and then link the photos together. Fortunately for us, and unfortunately for Proton we have Paultan.org, Malaysia's largest automotive portal to do that for us. And in doing so undermines what Proton is trying to achieve with all that nonsense about linking photos together, making life difficult for you and I as well as losing a ton of traffic on their own micro site and getting Paultan.org more hits. Fantastic isn't it? Anyway, for more explanation on the new car which according to sources is to be called the Proton Iriz you could head over to Paultan for more. But if you're here, it means you value what I think about the car.